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White Papers
The Impact Of Supply Learning On Customer Demand: Model And Estimation Methodology
Sep 2010
To set service levels, firms must understand how changes in service affect customer demand. Supply learning is a process whereby customers use past supplier performance to build beliefs about...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
Managing Suppliers For Continuous Improvement
Jun 2009
Suppliers are the backbone of industry today, representing 60-70% of manufacturing or service operations cost. As supplier cost, quality and delivery improves, so will the customer's products and...
Provided by Calyptus Consulting Group
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White Papers
Collaboration In China: Paths To Profit
Jun 2009
China is a jumble of networks. The country has emerged as the world's second largest manufacturer through an intricate system of interconnected enterprises, mostly small and medium sized, each...
Provided by Economist Intelligence Unit
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White Papers
Business Process Management II: Best Practices of Boeing and UPS
Oct 2006
This executive summary is a follow up report to APQC's 2005 "Business Process Management" Best- practice Report. It digs deeper into how organizations are navigating the transition from...
Provided by APQC
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Webcasts
WebSphere Application Server Feature Pack for Web 2.0 demo
Mar 2011
Need your business to be flexible and agile? If you depend on the assets of partners & suppliers like us, you'll enjoy this video. It shows how the IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Feature...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Logistics And Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Oct 2006
As competition becomes more global, innovation is moving from a firm-to-firm level to a supply chain versus supply chain perspective. Canadian firms must develop supply chain agility in a...
Provided by Industry Canada
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White Papers
On Social Network Analysis In A Supply Chain Context
Jan 2009
The network perspective is rapidly becoming a lingua franca across virtually all of the sciences from anthropology to physics. In this paper, the authors provide supply chain researchers with an...
Provided by University of Kentucky
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White Papers
Social Bonds And Supplier Allocation Of Resources To Business Customers
Aug 2010
This paper addresses questions about the effect that social bonds between relationship partners have on the way in which a supplier allocates resources to its relationship with a buyer. Two key...
Provided by Boston College
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White Papers
Evaluating The Performance Of Business Service Providers: Developing A Model From Multiple Case Studies
Aug 2008
Services have become an increasingly important part of many organizations' expenditures. At the same time, organizational buyers view the purchase of business services to be highly complex. The...
Provided by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
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White Papers
Supply Network Strategies: An Inquiry Into The Changes In The Italian Mid-Sized Company And Its Supplier Relationships
Sep 2008
The paper analyzes the changes affecting the supply network strategies of mid-sized Italian companies born and developed leveraging on strong supply network relationships with co-localized actors...
Provided by Università degli studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo"
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White Papers
A Learning Perspective On Switching Suppliers
Aug 2008
During the last decade the ending of exchange relationships has received increasing attention from researchers. The purpose of this paper is to explore and discuss one particular aspect of ending...
Provided by Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
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White Papers
Agency-Based Supplier Selection: Developing And Testing A Classification Portfolio
Aug 2008
While procurement has been seen as a cost driver of minor strategic relevance for a long time, this point of view is constantly changing towards an important organisational function in highly...
Provided by IMP Group
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White Papers
Seing Is Believing? Signalling Supplier's Value Potential
Aug 2010
In this paper the authors are interested in framing the uses of signals by business suppliers, and in assessing how signals of supplier's value potential influence supplier selection. Recent...
Provided by Universita Bocconi
-
White Papers
Interaction Capability Development In UK Manufacturing SMEs
Sep 2010
The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the influence of interaction capability development of UK manufacturing SMEs on their customer relationships. Previous research in the...
Provided by Corvinus University of Budapest
-
White Papers
Unveiling The Importance Of Being A Preferred Customer In Order To Develop Innovations With Suppliers
Aug 2010
The purpose of this research is to understand why early supplier integration in new product development repeatedly fails and how to select the right suppliers to avoid supplier obstructionism. The...
Provided by University of Twente
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White Papers
Managing Interdependencies In Supplier Portfolios
Jun 2009
Building and managing a supplier base has been referred in the literature as a key issue of supplier management. Since the seminal work of Kraljic in 1983, scholars have proposed a number of...
Provided by University of Porto
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Tools & Templates
Backorder Control
Sep 2007
Use this template to track items that you have ordered but have not yet been delivered. Whenever you plan to place an order, check this report first to make sure you have not already placed such...
Provided by JaxWorks
-
Tools & Templates
Receipt For Goods
Sep 2007
Use this template to record goods shipped to you by vendors. Any problems with or damage to the shipment should be recorded on this template so that adjustments or credits can be documented when...
Provided by JaxWorks
-
Tools & Templates
Receiving Report
Sep 2007
Use this template to document what you received, when you received it, and the condition of goods shipped to you from vendors. This template is primarily designed to be filled in manually. You may...
Provided by JaxWorks
-
Whitepapers
PtakNoel - Riverbed Stingray solution customers speak out about their move from Appliance-based application delivery
Sep 2012
If your traditional application delivery controller (ADC) is leaving much to be desired, download this Ptak, Noel & Associates report now to find out why Riverbed® Stingray™ solution...
Provided by Riverbed
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White Papers
Vaccine Supply: Effects Of Regulation And Competition
Jul 2011
In US vaccine markets, competing producers with high fixed, sunk costs face relatively concentrated demand. The resulting price and quality competition leads to the exit of all but one or very few...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Supplier Responses To Wal-Mart's Invasion Of Mexico
Jul 2011
This paper examines the effect of Wal-Mart's entry into Mexico on Mexican manufacturers of consumer goods. Guided by firm interviews that suggested substantial heterogeneity across firms in how...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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Whitepapers
Get ahead of the curve in demand management
Nov 2007
Demand management practices in the manufacturing space are quite common but most tend to concentrate on demand planning and rely solely on forecasting needs. Get this paper by the Aberdeen Group...
Provided by IBM
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Tools & Templates
Suggestion To Supplier
Jan 2008
Use this template to inform the supplier that the kind of problem you are facing and to suggest the supplier the solution or few good working skills.
Provided by LetterPremier.com
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Tools & Templates
Complimenting/Thanking Supplier
Jan 2008
Use this template to give compliments and express thanks to the supplier and his staff for the extra efforts done by them.
Provided by LetterPremier.com
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Tools & Templates
Follow Up Letter Regarding Credit Due
Jan 2008
Use this template to inform the firm that you have returned the product but you have not received any refund for that.
Provided by LetterPremier.com
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Tools & Templates
Complementing Supplier
Jan 2008
Use this letter for complementing the supplier for his/her excellent job done, this letter is brief but it outlines what in particular was impressive about their performance.
Provided by Best Sample Letters
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Webcasts
Webcast: The Four Pillars of Manufacturing Effectiveness
Oct 2008
Bill Canis, VP of the Manufacturing Institute, leads this Webcast covering topics such as lean manufacturing, using available resources, workforce development and competing internationally. View...
Provided by CDC Software
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Webcasts
Webcast: Competing in an International Markeplace
Oct 2008
David Cahn, a former research director for AMR Research and veteran of the manufacturing industry, presents an insightful look at the "risk versus reward" decision process for manufacturers who...
Provided by CDC Software
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Whitepapers
Ardent Partners CPO Rising 2011 - Performance, Risk and Information - The State of Supplier Management
Mar 2012
Read this report from procurement analyst firm Ardent Partners to learn the nuances of supplier Information Management, supplier performance management, and supplier risk management. Hear how each...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Reverse Auction Best Practices (SAP Thought Leadership Paper)
Mar 2012
Reverse auctions are a key tool that sourcing organizations can use to bring about huge success if executed along with a well-defined sourcing process. Careful thought and planning must precede an...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Spend Performance Management Solution Brief (SAP Solution Brief)
Mar 2012
How do you effectively rationalize your company's supply base to generate visible savings and limit the introduction of risk while meeting the needs of your stakeholders? As executives prepare for...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
The Strategic Supplier Mandate: Three Principles to Deliver Transparency Across the Supply Base
Mar 2012
Read this article to learn about the three supplier management initiatives that have become mandates for market-leading procurement organizations. Learn how effectively deploying supplier...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Manage Social Content
May 2012
The business application of social technologies, both within the enterprise, and with customers, suppliers and partners, has created a new paradigm of interaction and contribution, and is creating...
Provided by IBM
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Resource Center
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Test Drive
Feb 2009
Microsoft Dynamics® NAV is a line of customizable business management solutions that automates and streamlines financial, customer relationship, and supply chain processes. Microsoft Dynamics NAV...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
The Energy Efficiency-Supply Chain
Aug 2007
As concerns mount about fuel prices, long-term energy availability, and climate change, companies' attention is finally turning toward one of the most pervasive places where energy can be...
Provided by Booz Allen Hamilton
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White Papers
The Challenge Of Customization: Bringing Operations And Marketing Together
Jul 2008
Established more than a decade ago, the program grew in complexity and costs, and more important, hampered the ability to respond quickly to changes in vaccine supply and demand balance. Applying...
Provided by Booz Allen Hamilton
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White Papers
Dell Computer: Where Supply Meets Demand
Jan 2009
In nowadays' fast-paced world of business, the winners are those who can best predict their customers' buying behaviors and immediately adjust to the fluctuating demand. In order to plan their...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Designed To Differentiate: How Procurement Leaders Are Using Supplier Relationship Management
May 2008
Companies have an opportunity to achieve an additional 2 percent savings by increasing their focus on supplier relationship management. From a purely sourcing perspective, 2 percent savings for...
Provided by Accenture
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Resource Center
A Planet of smarter cities
Jun 2009
As populations grow at a fast clip, they are stressing our city infrastructures. Smarter transportation, policing, governance and grids promise relief to urban areas.
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Bargaining Power And Supply Base Diversification
Dec 2009
Widespread poverty is an urgent challenge for the world. Creating opportunities for steady employment at reasonable wages is the best way to take people out of poverty. Reducing poverty through...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
Getting To Win-Win: How Toyota Creates And Sustains Best-Practice Supplier Relationships
Mar 2010
Much has been written about "The Toyota Way" Why, then, add to that extensive body of publications? The answer is that many automotive executives that the authors talked with have raised questions...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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White Papers
An Oil And Gas Model
Jun 2007
This paper formulated a short-run model, with an explicit role for monetary policy, for analyzing world oil and gas markets. The model described carefully the parameters of these markets and their...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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Case Studies
Connect: Extend your ESB for Complex Data Whitepaper with WebSphere Transformation Extender Whitepaper
Jul 2010
"For many businesses, a primary barrier to business agility and cost optimization is the ability to effectively manage interactions with partners and suppliers and integrate industry data...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Competing Manufacturers In A Retail Supply Chain: On Contractual Form And Coordination
Jan 2010
It is common for a retailer to sell products from competing manufacturers. How then should the firms manage their contract negotiations? The supply chain coordination literature focuses either on...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
Supplier Networks, The OEM Hub And Sourcing Efficiency
Oct 2007
in this paper, the authors explore how sourcing costs within a firm's supply chain can be better managed by managing upstream supply network of the .rm. Building on the three-year empirical...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Co-Opetition And Investment For Supply-Chain
Oct 2008
This paper considers the problem of disruption risk management in global supply chains. The author considers a supply chain with two participants, who face interdependent losses resulting from...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
TEC Paper (COO) - Driving Operations Through Better, Faster Decision Making
Jul 2010
In this white paper from TEC, find out how software provides visibility into your operations and helps you make better, faster decisions about employees, products, and services. It also gives you...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
EIU - The Visibility Factor How SMEs Can Use Data To Make Better Decisions
Jul 2010
To produce the kind of business intelligence that will drive enhanced performance, small businesses and midsize companies need a strategic approach - and a workable IT solution to gain visibility...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
The Hollow Corporation Revisited: Can Governance Mechanisms Substitute For Technical Expertise In Managing Buyer-Supplier Relationships?
Oct 2009
This paper considers how a firm's system of exchange skills including internal technical expertise and supplier governance mechanisms influence supplier performance, both independently and...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
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White Papers
Sustainable Practices: Engaging Consumers And Suppliers
Jun 2010
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) is one firm that knows very well that its environmental and economic impact extends well beyond its factory gates. This starts with the ingredients it needs for its...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
The Hidden Costs And Complexity Of Managing Multiple ADM Suppliers
May 2009
As Application Development and Maintenance (ADM) outsourcing services hove grown rapidly based on the power of the labor arbitrage value proposition, many organizations outsourcing ADM utilized...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Global Supply Chain Management
Sep 2009
In today's world of liberalization and globalization, economies are opening their doors towards each other because no one is self sufficient, and getting confined to themselves may result in their...
Provided by Free Articles Directory
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White Papers
Are You Modular Or Integral? Be Sure Your Supply Chain Knows
Feb 2009
Two of the most successful automobile companies of the 1990s were Daimler-Benz and Chrysler. Each entered the decade on somewhat shaky ground, each prospered enormously during the decade, and each...
Provided by Booz & Company
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Case Studies
Driving Supply Chain Efficiency Major Petrochemical Company
Jul 2009
The 500 acre United Kingdom site is one of the petrochemicals company's major production centers. To examine and health check the downstream supply chain from the UK site, as well as the...
Provided by Agility
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White Papers
A Roadmap To High Performance For Cpos Balancing Short-Term Savings Imperatives And Post-Downturn Challenges
Jan 2010
Today's focus on cost reduction presents procurement with a rare opportunity to transform purchasing practices with strategic changes that push beyond immediate savings to achieve long-term...
Provided by Accenture
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Case Studies
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP Defends Availability of Microsoft Apps, Wins With VMware on NetApp
Mar 2010
Clients turn to Zuckerman Spaeder to resolve their most challenging legal issues. Managing data proliferation and ensuring uptime of communications and collaborative tools top the list of...
Provided by NetApp
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Whitepapers
The Smarter Supply Chain of the Future: Global Chief Officer Supply Chain Study
Feb 2009
Supply chains are more global and interconnected than ever. That, combined with speed, also makes them more exposed to shock and disruption. In the IBM® white paper, "The Smarter Supply Chain of...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Securing Supply Chains Through Data Transparency And Better Market Design
Oct 2009
The high tech supply chain is more vulnerable to counterfeit components than ever before. With increasingly sophisticated criminals, the only way to protect the supply chain is through tools,...
Provided by Vertical
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White Papers
Dell - Simplified IT Support for Customized Mobility
Sep 2009
Notebook computer and mobility solutions are increasingly more important to business of all sizes. In this TechRepublic Resource Guide on Notebook Mobility, explore the most promising tips and...
Provided by Dell
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Training
Demo: Maximo Transportation Demo
Aug 2009
IBM Maximo for Transportation helps you take a strategic role in how you manage the performance of your transportation assets. In this demo you'll see how routine tasks like maintenance,...
Provided by IBM
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Resource Center
A Planet of smarter cities
Jun 2009
As populations grow at a fast clip, they are stressing our city infrastructures. Smarter transportation, policing, governance and grids promise relief to urban areas.
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Designed To Differentiate: How Procurement Leaders Are Using Supplier Relationship Management
May 2008
Companies have an opportunity to achieve an additional 2 percent savings by increasing their focus on supplier relationship management. From a purely sourcing perspective, 2 percent savings for...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
Dell Computer: Where Supply Meets Demand
Jan 2009
In nowadays' fast-paced world of business, the winners are those who can best predict their customers' buying behaviors and immediately adjust to the fluctuating demand. In order to plan their...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
The Challenge Of Customization: Bringing Operations And Marketing Together
Jul 2008
Established more than a decade ago, the program grew in complexity and costs, and more important, hampered the ability to respond quickly to changes in vaccine supply and demand balance. Applying...
Provided by Booz Allen Hamilton
-
White Papers
The Energy Efficiency-Supply Chain
Aug 2007
As concerns mount about fuel prices, long-term energy availability, and climate change, companies' attention is finally turning toward one of the most pervasive places where energy can be...
Provided by Booz Allen Hamilton
-
Resource Center
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Test Drive
Feb 2009
Microsoft Dynamics® NAV is a line of customizable business management solutions that automates and streamlines financial, customer relationship, and supply chain processes. Microsoft Dynamics NAV...
Provided by Microsoft
-
Webcasts
Webcast: Competing in an International Markeplace
Oct 2008
David Cahn, a former research director for AMR Research and veteran of the manufacturing industry, presents an insightful look at the "risk versus reward" decision process for manufacturers who...
Provided by CDC Software
-
Webcasts
Webcast: The Four Pillars of Manufacturing Effectiveness
Oct 2008
Bill Canis, VP of the Manufacturing Institute, leads this Webcast covering topics such as lean manufacturing, using available resources, workforce development and competing internationally. View...
Provided by CDC Software
-
Resource Center
Keep more revenue with smart inventory management tips on BizWiseTV
Sep 2008
How much is bad inventory management costing your business? Cisco BizWiseTV can help you keep more revenue. When you fail to safeguard valuable inventory, it may lead to lost revenue, regulatory...
Provided by Cisco Systems
-
Tools & Templates
Complementing Supplier
Jan 2008
Use this letter for complementing the supplier for his/her excellent job done, this letter is brief but it outlines what in particular was impressive about their performance.
Provided by Best Sample Letters
-
Tools & Templates
Follow Up Letter Regarding Credit Due
Jan 2008
Use this template to inform the firm that you have returned the product but you have not received any refund for that.
Provided by LetterPremier.com
-
Tools & Templates
Complimenting/Thanking Supplier
Jan 2008
Use this template to give compliments and express thanks to the supplier and his staff for the extra efforts done by them.
Provided by LetterPremier.com
-
Tools & Templates
Suggestion To Supplier
Jan 2008
Use this template to inform the supplier that the kind of problem you are facing and to suggest the supplier the solution or few good working skills.
Provided by LetterPremier.com
-
Whitepapers
Get ahead of the curve in demand management
Nov 2007
Demand management practices in the manufacturing space are quite common but most tend to concentrate on demand planning and rely solely on forecasting needs. Get this paper by the Aberdeen Group...
Provided by IBM
-
Tools & Templates
Receiving Report
Sep 2007
Use this template to document what you received, when you received it, and the condition of goods shipped to you from vendors. This template is primarily designed to be filled in manually. You may...
Provided by JaxWorks
-
Tools & Templates
Receipt For Goods
Sep 2007
Use this template to record goods shipped to you by vendors. Any problems with or damage to the shipment should be recorded on this template so that adjustments or credits can be documented when...
Provided by JaxWorks
-
Tools & Templates
Backorder Control
Sep 2007
Use this template to track items that you have ordered but have not yet been delivered. Whenever you plan to place an order, check this report first to make sure you have not already placed such...
Provided by JaxWorks
-
White Papers
Overcoming Barriers To Supply Chain Performance
Oct 2006
A supply chain may have hundreds, even thousands of interconnected components and contributors. To keep them all running smoothly, managers need to see what's going on, what's most critical, what...
Provided by Cognos
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White Papers
Logistics And Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Oct 2006
As competition becomes more global, innovation is moving from a firm-to-firm level to a supply chain versus supply chain perspective. Canadian firms must develop supply chain agility in a...
Provided by Industry Canada
-
Webcasts
WebSphere Application Server Feature Pack for Web 2.0 demo
Mar 2011
Need your business to be flexible and agile? If you depend on the assets of partners & suppliers like us, you'll enjoy this video. It shows how the IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Feature...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Logistics And Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Oct 2006
As competition becomes more global, innovation is moving from a firm-to-firm level to a supply chain versus supply chain perspective. Canadian firms must develop supply chain agility in a...
Provided by Industry Canada
-
White Papers
On Social Network Analysis In A Supply Chain Context
Jan 2009
The network perspective is rapidly becoming a lingua franca across virtually all of the sciences from anthropology to physics. In this paper, the authors provide supply chain researchers with an...
Provided by University of Kentucky
-
White Papers
Social Bonds And Supplier Allocation Of Resources To Business Customers
Aug 2010
This paper addresses questions about the effect that social bonds between relationship partners have on the way in which a supplier allocates resources to its relationship with a buyer. Two key...
Provided by Boston College
-
White Papers
Evaluating The Performance Of Business Service Providers: Developing A Model From Multiple Case Studies
Aug 2008
Services have become an increasingly important part of many organizations' expenditures. At the same time, organizational buyers view the purchase of business services to be highly complex. The...
Provided by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
-
White Papers
Supply Network Strategies: An Inquiry Into The Changes In The Italian Mid-Sized Company And Its Supplier Relationships
Sep 2008
The paper analyzes the changes affecting the supply network strategies of mid-sized Italian companies born and developed leveraging on strong supply network relationships with co-localized actors...
Provided by Università degli studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo"
-
White Papers
A Learning Perspective On Switching Suppliers
Aug 2008
During the last decade the ending of exchange relationships has received increasing attention from researchers. The purpose of this paper is to explore and discuss one particular aspect of ending...
Provided by Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
-
White Papers
Agency-Based Supplier Selection: Developing And Testing A Classification Portfolio
Aug 2008
While procurement has been seen as a cost driver of minor strategic relevance for a long time, this point of view is constantly changing towards an important organisational function in highly...
Provided by IMP Group
-
White Papers
Seing Is Believing? Signalling Supplier's Value Potential
Aug 2010
In this paper the authors are interested in framing the uses of signals by business suppliers, and in assessing how signals of supplier's value potential influence supplier selection. Recent...
Provided by Universita Bocconi
-
White Papers
Interaction Capability Development In UK Manufacturing SMEs
Sep 2010
The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the influence of interaction capability development of UK manufacturing SMEs on their customer relationships. Previous research in the...
Provided by Corvinus University of Budapest
-
White Papers
Unveiling The Importance Of Being A Preferred Customer In Order To Develop Innovations With Suppliers
Aug 2010
The purpose of this research is to understand why early supplier integration in new product development repeatedly fails and how to select the right suppliers to avoid supplier obstructionism. The...
Provided by University of Twente
-
White Papers
Managing Interdependencies In Supplier Portfolios
Jun 2009
Building and managing a supplier base has been referred in the literature as a key issue of supplier management. Since the seminal work of Kraljic in 1983, scholars have proposed a number of...
Provided by University of Porto
-
Tools & Templates
Backorder Control
Sep 2007
Use this template to track items that you have ordered but have not yet been delivered. Whenever you plan to place an order, check this report first to make sure you have not already placed such...
Provided by JaxWorks
-
Tools & Templates
Receipt For Goods
Sep 2007
Use this template to record goods shipped to you by vendors. Any problems with or damage to the shipment should be recorded on this template so that adjustments or credits can be documented when...
Provided by JaxWorks
-
Tools & Templates
Receiving Report
Sep 2007
Use this template to document what you received, when you received it, and the condition of goods shipped to you from vendors. This template is primarily designed to be filled in manually. You may...
Provided by JaxWorks
-
Whitepapers
PtakNoel - Riverbed Stingray solution customers speak out about their move from Appliance-based application delivery
Sep 2012
If your traditional application delivery controller (ADC) is leaving much to be desired, download this Ptak, Noel & Associates report now to find out why Riverbed® Stingray™ solution...
Provided by Riverbed
-
White Papers
Vaccine Supply: Effects Of Regulation And Competition
Jul 2011
In US vaccine markets, competing producers with high fixed, sunk costs face relatively concentrated demand. The resulting price and quality competition leads to the exit of all but one or very few...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
-
White Papers
Supplier Responses To Wal-Mart's Invasion Of Mexico
Jul 2011
This paper examines the effect of Wal-Mart's entry into Mexico on Mexican manufacturers of consumer goods. Guided by firm interviews that suggested substantial heterogeneity across firms in how...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
-
Whitepapers
Get ahead of the curve in demand management
Nov 2007
Demand management practices in the manufacturing space are quite common but most tend to concentrate on demand planning and rely solely on forecasting needs. Get this paper by the Aberdeen Group...
Provided by IBM
-
Tools & Templates
Suggestion To Supplier
Jan 2008
Use this template to inform the supplier that the kind of problem you are facing and to suggest the supplier the solution or few good working skills.
Provided by LetterPremier.com
-
Tools & Templates
Complimenting/Thanking Supplier
Jan 2008
Use this template to give compliments and express thanks to the supplier and his staff for the extra efforts done by them.
Provided by LetterPremier.com
-
Tools & Templates
Follow Up Letter Regarding Credit Due
Jan 2008
Use this template to inform the firm that you have returned the product but you have not received any refund for that.
Provided by LetterPremier.com
-
Tools & Templates
Complementing Supplier
Jan 2008
Use this letter for complementing the supplier for his/her excellent job done, this letter is brief but it outlines what in particular was impressive about their performance.
Provided by Best Sample Letters
-
Resource Center
Keep more revenue with smart inventory management tips on BizWiseTV
Sep 2008
How much is bad inventory management costing your business? Cisco BizWiseTV can help you keep more revenue. When you fail to safeguard valuable inventory, it may lead to lost revenue, regulatory...
Provided by Cisco Systems
-
Webcasts
Webcast: The Four Pillars of Manufacturing Effectiveness
Oct 2008
Bill Canis, VP of the Manufacturing Institute, leads this Webcast covering topics such as lean manufacturing, using available resources, workforce development and competing internationally. View...
Provided by CDC Software
-
Webcasts
Webcast: Competing in an International Markeplace
Oct 2008
David Cahn, a former research director for AMR Research and veteran of the manufacturing industry, presents an insightful look at the "risk versus reward" decision process for manufacturers who...
Provided by CDC Software
-
Whitepapers
Ardent Partners CPO Rising 2011 - Performance, Risk and Information - The State of Supplier Management
Mar 2012
Read this report from procurement analyst firm Ardent Partners to learn the nuances of supplier Information Management, supplier performance management, and supplier risk management. Hear how each...
Provided by SAP
-
Whitepapers
Reverse Auction Best Practices (SAP Thought Leadership Paper)
Mar 2012
Reverse auctions are a key tool that sourcing organizations can use to bring about huge success if executed along with a well-defined sourcing process. Careful thought and planning must precede an...
Provided by SAP
-
Whitepapers
Spend Performance Management Solution Brief (SAP Solution Brief)
Mar 2012
How do you effectively rationalize your company's supply base to generate visible savings and limit the introduction of risk while meeting the needs of your stakeholders? As executives prepare for...
Provided by SAP
-
Whitepapers
The Strategic Supplier Mandate: Three Principles to Deliver Transparency Across the Supply Base
Mar 2012
Read this article to learn about the three supplier management initiatives that have become mandates for market-leading procurement organizations. Learn how effectively deploying supplier...
Provided by SAP
-
Whitepapers
Manage Social Content
May 2012
The business application of social technologies, both within the enterprise, and with customers, suppliers and partners, has created a new paradigm of interaction and contribution, and is creating...
Provided by IBM
-
Whitepapers
Design to Deliver A Game Changer for the Discrete Manufacturing Industry
Jul 2012
Manufacturing order backlog is on the upswing, competition is fierce and customers are unrelenting in their requirements. How do manufacturing companies keep up the pace? With supply chain...
Provided by Genpact
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Whitepapers
Genpact delivers a bottom line impact, with 12% savings of the addressable spend for a global energy company, by deploying smarter sourcing and spend management strategies and ensuring compliant processes globally
Aug 2012
The client's sourcing process was decentralized and fragmented across its multiple business units which resulted in low spend visibility, higher level of non-compliance and leakage in cost...
Provided by Genpact
-
Resource Center
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Test Drive
Feb 2009
Microsoft Dynamics® NAV is a line of customizable business management solutions that automates and streamlines financial, customer relationship, and supply chain processes. Microsoft Dynamics NAV...
Provided by Microsoft
-
White Papers
The Energy Efficiency-Supply Chain
Aug 2007
As concerns mount about fuel prices, long-term energy availability, and climate change, companies' attention is finally turning toward one of the most pervasive places where energy can be...
Provided by Booz Allen Hamilton
-
White Papers
The Challenge Of Customization: Bringing Operations And Marketing Together
Jul 2008
Established more than a decade ago, the program grew in complexity and costs, and more important, hampered the ability to respond quickly to changes in vaccine supply and demand balance. Applying...
Provided by Booz Allen Hamilton
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White Papers
Dell Computer: Where Supply Meets Demand
Jan 2009
In nowadays' fast-paced world of business, the winners are those who can best predict their customers' buying behaviors and immediately adjust to the fluctuating demand. In order to plan their...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Designed To Differentiate: How Procurement Leaders Are Using Supplier Relationship Management
May 2008
Companies have an opportunity to achieve an additional 2 percent savings by increasing their focus on supplier relationship management. From a purely sourcing perspective, 2 percent savings for...
Provided by Accenture
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Resource Center
A Planet of smarter cities
Jun 2009
As populations grow at a fast clip, they are stressing our city infrastructures. Smarter transportation, policing, governance and grids promise relief to urban areas.
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Supplier Management: Five Simple Things Your Organization Can Do to Improve Supplier Performance
Jan 2013
Find out what supplier management is, as well as what the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL®) says about it. This white paper also discusses five simple things that every...
Provided by Global Knowledge
